0 Have your say Wednesday stopper Joe Wildsmith is enjoying the chance to give something back to the club after helping with young goalkeeper training camps. Wildsmith, who came through the Owls' academy, passed on tips during a recent session for budding youngsters which runs alongside the regular Owls Soccer Camps.The 22-year-old made 29 appearances last season for his boyhood club and says he enjoyed the workshop experience."It was good fun," said Wildsmith. “Forty goalkeepers turned up so obviously it’s a great turn out and it’s good for all of them to come in and have a bit of fun while they are off school.“It’s a pleasure to come down and offer some advice and help, and to have a laugh with the kids.“In a city where there is two teams there’s a lot of kids who love football, and their seasons have come to an end just like mine and they want to play all throughout the year, so two days out of my summer is not a burden for me at … [Read more...] about Sheffield Wednesday: Goalkeeper Joe happy to pass on knowledge to next generation

0 Have your say Sheffield Wednesday will struggle to offload their “massive” earners this summer, according to an Owls legend. Mel Sterland, who made 347 appearances for Wednesday, believes some of the highest earners at the club should be shipped out after under-par performances.But he says that their long contracts make that a difficult prospect as clubs simply won’t want to fork out huge transfer fees.Sterland in particular singled out strikers such as Steven Fletcher and Jordan Rhodes, both of whom struggled to hold down first-team spots last season managing a meagre seven league goals between them.Sterland told the Star: “Wednesday have got Rhodes, Fletcher and (Fernando) Forestieri who are all massive earners and all probably have a year or two years left on their contracts.“Its difficult to get rid of people like that.“Who’s going to pay those wages and transfer fees and take them off Wednesday’s … [Read more...] about Sheffield Wednesday could struggle to get rid of biggest earners says Owls’ great Mel

0 Have your say Central to Sheffield Wednesday transfer activity this summer will be the pruning of a bloated squad which has been made bigger by the influx of young players. It appears as though Jos Luhukay is going to continue to place his faith in youth, meaning that other more experienced heads could be pushed aside and should rival teams make a move, not much of a fight would be put up by the Owls hierarchy.Here are five who could find themselves elsewhere, if clubs can offer the cash to break them away from somewhat lucrative deals at Hillsborough.Sam Winnall Contracted until June 2020Seems obvious this one, but it will all depend on his recovery from a cruciate ligament injury picked up while on loan. All the signs point to the forward wanting away from Wednesday and he’d be down the pecking order anyway. He’d love to return to Derby but will they make a move after that injury?Liam PalmerContracted until June 2019Behind Jack Hunt anyway, there appeared to … [Read more...] about Five Sheffield Wednesday players whose futures are shrouded in doubt

0 Have your say The transfer window is open and already football fans are getting a little tetchy about the comings and goings at their respective clubs. At Sheffield Wednesday, they are no different but this time around there appears to be a lot less of a frenzy.Of course, supporters are more than interested in who may be arriving at Hillsborough, or indeed who could be on their way out which is possibly more important given the bloated squad Jos Luhukay has been left with.However, it feels like a refreshing reality has kicked in, even among social media’s most flappable of fan.We all know now that the club aren’t swimming in cash, so big money deals will not be happening in the way that had been the case in previous summers.There won’t be millions of pounds handed out like when Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes, Almen Abdi and Joost van Aken came on board (to name a few examples), and Owls fans, by and large, seem content by that.Perhaps the coming to prominence … [Read more...] about A refreshing realism could make this a pleasant transfer window for a change: Chris Holt’s Sheffield Wednesday Column